Avid FDG uptake in the right ventricle coupled with enhanced intercostal muscle hypermetabolism in pneumoconiosis

Clin Nucl Med. 2007 May;32(5):407-8. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000259624.76063.65.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomegaly
  • Echocardiography
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Humans
  • Intercostal Muscles / diagnostic imaging
  • Intercostal Muscles / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • Pneumoconiosis / diagnosis*
  • Pneumoconiosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods
  • Pressure
  • Radiopharmaceuticals / pharmacokinetics*
  • Thoracic Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods

Substances

  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18